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This event is being organised by the East Midlands Group of the Railway and Canal Historical Society.
Kirby in Ashfield was once an important centre of coal mining and railways [...]

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Conference Programme

This event is being organised by the East Midlands Group of the Railway and Canal Historical Society.

Kirby in Ashfield was once an important centre of coal mining and railways in west Nottinghamshire, with three active coal mines and several railway junctions. The former Mansfield and Pinxton Railway opened in 1819, connecting the Cromford Canal with Mansfield, passing through Kirby in Ashfield. The Erewash Valley line was joined here by the later Midland Railway line from Nottingham. The Great Central Railway main line passed to the south-west side of the town and had a double junction with the Great Northern Railway Leen Valley Extension line to Langwith Junction and the Mansfield Railway to Clipstone. British Rail rerouted lines in the area in 1972 to eliminate level crossings and the Robin Hood Line opened in 1993, utilising the routes of several earlier railways. This relatively small area thus has a rich industrial and historic past.

The conference programme is:

09:30 Registration and coffee

09:50 Welcome

10:00 Coal Mining Link with the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway.

10:45 Break

11:15 Josiah Jessop and Early Railways

12:00 EMIAC Business Meeting

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Site visit to Portland Park

16:30 Close of conference.

Cost of event: £20.00

Attendance at the Heritage Day is by advance booking only. The cost is £20.00 and includes morning refreshments, lunch and car park. Tea will be available at the end of the afternoon session.

Please book by 26th April 2019. Bookings cannot be accepted after this date.

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Evening talk by Liz Woolley
When Thomas Henry Kingerlee moved his building firm from Banbury to Oxford in 1883 the city was [...]

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Evening talk by Liz Woolley

When Thomas Henry Kingerlee moved his building firm from Banbury to Oxford in 1883 the city was expanding rapidly and undergoing enormous social, political and economic upheaval. Kingerlee was soon to become one of the key figures in those changes, rapidly becoming Oxford’s largest builder and landlord, and one of its biggest employers, with several hundred workers at any one time. Thomas Henry was a leading Non-Conformist, a Liberal Councillor, and twice Mayor of Oxford. This talk will examine how the family and the firm influenced Oxford’s development in the Victorian and Edwardian periods and highlight some of the hundreds of private and public buildings which Kingerlee have built, renovated and repaired in the city and elsewhere. The company is still going strong and is now run by two of Thomas Henry’s great great grandsons, David Kingerlee and Richard.

Membership is just £15 for single and £20 for double. If you would like to come as a guest to any of these meetings (requested donation £3) you will be most welcome.

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Evening talk by Bryan Lawton
HMA R101 came down and was destroyed by fire near to Beauvais, France, with only six survivors, [...]

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Evening talk by Bryan Lawton

HMA R101 came down and was destroyed by fire near to Beauvais, France, with only six survivors, and the disaster ended British involvement in the development of large airships. The conclusions reached by the subsequent Court of Inquiry left some doubt regarding the cause of the crash, and consequently several alternative theories have, from time to time been published. None have discussed the possible role of the broken elevator cable, largely because the Court of Inquiry concluded that it was irrelevant.

The possibility that the broken cable may have been responsible for the disaster is examined here and it is shown that it fits rather well with the physical evidence from the wreck, and computer modelling of the crash confirms that it gives a simpler and more plausible explanation of the disaster. The reasons why the Court of Inquiry rejected it, believing that the cable broke after the crash, are discussed.

Membership is just £15 for single and £20 for double. If you would like to come as a guest to any of these meetings (requested donation £3) you will be most welcome.

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Evening talk by Paul Joyce
This talk looks at the Underground’s built estate in the streets of London. It starts with the [...]

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Evening talk by Paul Joyce

This talk looks at the Underground’s built estate in the streets of London. It starts with the first station at Praed Street, Paddington, and the disruption it caused to everyday life (echoed today by the building of the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail)) moving on to the south where LSWR and Southern Railway architectural influence was in evidence.

Other areas of the underground railway network are covered including the headquarters of London Transport at 55 Broadway and the development of signage, typefaces and the LT roundel logo.

Membership is just £15 for single and £20 for double. If you would like to come as a guest to any of these meetings (requested donation £3) you will be most welcome.

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The weekend will commence with a seminar on the Friday organised by the Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society in conjunction with AIA Chairman Mike Nevell: ‘Tourism and Industrial Archaeology and Heritage’
Attendance [...]

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The weekend will commence with a seminar on the Friday organised by the Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society in conjunction with AIA Chairman Mike Nevell: ‘Tourism and Industrial Archaeology and Heritage’

Attendance can be booked either as part of the AIA conference or separately for day delegates. Click on the online booking link or download booking forms below.

The formal conference will commence on Friday evening, with a lecture on the IA of Somerset.

Saturday will begin with three lectures on local IA in the morning followed, after lunch, by the presentations of and to the Association’s award winners. As is usual there will be an opportunity for members to make short contributions. Saturday concludes with the Conference Dinner.

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Graham Alexander and Jo Alexander-Jones, our member, will talk on the early technical and wider history of the gas industry in [...]

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Graham Alexander and Jo Alexander-Jones, our member, will talk on the early technical and wider history of the gas industry in the UK and the local area, and their personal experience of the industry over the last 40 years.

Non-members are welcome to attend these talks. A fee of £2.50 is payable to defray costs.

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Our annual showing of films which have an industrial and transport slant. Followed by an opportunity to socialise with members over mince pies and refreshments.
Non-members are welcome to attend these [...]

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Our annual showing of films which have an industrial and transport slant. Followed by an opportunity to socialise with members over mince pies and refreshments.

Non-members are welcome to attend these talks. A fee of £2.50 is payable to defray costs.

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